Early life[edit source | editbeta]
Collins was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. She is the daughter of English musician Phil Collins, and his second wife, Jill Tavelman, an American who is the president of the Beverly Hills Women's Club.[6] Collins is the half-sister of actress Joely Collins and musician Simon Collins (from her father's first marriage), and also has two half-brothers from her father's third marriage, Nicholas and Matthew Collins. Her maternal grandfather was a Canadian Jewish immigrant who owned a famous clothing store in Los Angeles.[7][8]
After her parents' divorce, she moved to Los Angeles, California with her mother, when she was five years old. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and attended the University of Southern California, majoring in broadcast journalism.
Career[edit source | editbeta]
Collins began acting at the age of two in the BBC series Growing Pains.[10] As a teenager, Collins wrote a column (titled NY Confidential) for the British magazine Elle Girl.[11] She has also written for Seventeen,[12] Teen Vogue,[13] and the Los Angeles Times magazines.[14]
She was chosen by Chanel to wear one of its gowns at the 2007 Bal des Débutantes (a charity ball) at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, which was featured on season 3 of the reality TV show The Hills.[11][15] She was picked by Spain's Glamour magazine in 2008 as their "International model of the year"[16] and appeared on the magazine's cover in August 2009.
Collins at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Collins covered the 2008 US Presidential campaign as a host on the Nickelodeon show Kids Pick the President.[14][17] She won a 2008 Young Hollywood Award for "Newest Red Carpet Correspondent".[18] She has appeared in two episodes of the television show 90210, including the 2008–2009 season finale. Collins was one of twenty women named by Maxim magazine as one of "The Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars" in 2009.[19]
Collins was in the 2009 film The Blind Side as Collins Tuohy, the daughter of Sandra Bullock's character Leigh Anne Tuohy. She played the warrior priest's daughter Lucy in the thriller Priest, opposite Paul Bettany.[20][21]
MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the "Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011".[22] She co-starred in the 2011 action film Abduction with Taylor Lautner. Collins played Snow White in Mirror Mirror, an adaptation of the Snow White fairytale, co-starring Julia Roberts. Robbie Collin from British newspaper The Telegraph wrote, "She has an adorable, sensational, almost perfect face for cinema; think Audrey Hepburn with the eyebrows of Liam Gallagher. Her smile is the Platonic ideal of cheeky."[23] She made her singing debut in the film, performing an English re-written cover of "I Believe (in Love)".
Collins was reportedly cast as the lead in the remake Evil Dead, but dropped out due to a scheduling issue.[24][25] In March 2012, it was announced that Collins would take the role of Samantha in Stuck in Love, starring alongside Jennifer Connelly, Logan Lerman, and Greg Kinnear.[26] Collins starred as Clary Fray in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, a film adaptation of the first book in the New York Times bestselling The Mortal Instruments novels, by Cassandra Clare.[27] She has also been in talks to star as a leading role in the film adaptation of the parody novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith.[28]
Personal life[edit source | editbeta]
Collins has stated she does not like to discuss her relationships publicly due to witnessing the difficulties caused by the media coverage of her parents' separation.[29]
Filmography[edit source | editbeta]
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Blind Side Collins Tuohy Supporting role
2011 Priest Lucy Pace Supporting role
2011 Abduction Karen Murphy Main role
2012 Mirror Mirror Snow White Main role
2012 Stuck in Love Samantha Borgens Main role
2013 The English Teacher Halle Anderson Main role
2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Clary Fray Main role
2014 Love, Rosie Rosie Dunne Main role; post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 90210 Phoebe Abrams Episodes:
"Zero Tolerance"
"One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer"
Awards and nominations[edit source | editbeta]
Year Recipient Award Result
2008 Herself – One to Watch Young Hollywood Award Won
2012 Mirror Mirror Teen Choice Award Actress Sci Fi/Fantasy Nominated
References[edit source | editbeta]
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Jump up ^ Telegraph, Belfast. "Lily Collins Needs Sunscreen".
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Jump up ^ Cable, Simon (4 December 2008). "My, hasn't Phil Collins's little Lily blossomed?". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 25 November 2009.
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^ Jump up to: a b Methven, Charlotte (30 November 2007). "Genesis of a frock star: Lily Collins on the rock star dad who walked out on her". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 25 November 2009.
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Jump up ^ Collins, Lily (19 May 2008). "What a Ball!". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
^ Jump up to: a b Collins, Lily (March 2009). "Obama's Inauguration: All Together Now". Los Angeles Times Magazine. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
Jump up ^ Nikkhah, Roya (25 November 2007). "New elite comes out at the billionaires' ball". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 25 November 2009.
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Jump up ^ "The Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars" Maxim; p. 7. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
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Jump up ^ Moyer, Collins join 'Priest' hood Fleming, Michael. Daily Variety, 23 August 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
Jump up ^ Evry, Max (5 January 2011). "25 Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011". Next Movie. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
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Jump up ^ We've Discovered Who Plays The Lead In 'The Evil Dead' Remake -- Meet The New Ash! Bloody Disgusting News, 4 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
Jump up ^ "'The Evil Dead' Remake Loses Lily Collins" Indie Wire, 24 January 2012.
Jump up ^ Sneider, Jeff (6 March 2012). "Cast set for 'Writers'". Variety. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
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